Shipwrecks
RMS Quetta
Sank 1890 · Torres Strait, QLD, Australia
FoundThe prize. A lost mail steamer
Where. Torres Strait, QLD, Australia
Status. Found
Where. Torres Strait, QLD, Australia
Status. Found
The account
The mail steamer Quetta hit an uncharted rock in the Torres Strait in 1890 and went down in three minutes, one of Queensland's worst disasters.
Leads, where the trail points now
- The site is documented at Torres Strait, QLD, Australia; the open questions now are access and what remains, not where it is.
- Confirm the permit and ownership before any dive or visit, since sites like this are usually protected.
- What is there: A lost mail steamer.
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